Swift Trigger: 649706

Presumed name: GRB 150720A

BAT	07^h 58^m 19.68^s, -28° 18′ 03.6″
position:	(119.582, -28.301 ± 180″)
XRT	07^h 58^m 19.44^s, -28° 15′ 44.3″
position:	(119.5810, -28.2623 ± 2.2″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic N_HI:	4.28×10⁰ cm^-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.733 mag

Best RA:	07^h 58^m 19.44^s	= 119.5810 d
Best Dec:	-28° 15′ 44.3″	= -28.2623 d

Gal Lat:	0.55
Gal Long:	245.41

Sun angle:	48.99°, -0.0 hr East of Sun

¹Sper #2 auto processing.

GCN Notices for this burst.

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Observability of this burst for Swift.

Sun angle for this burst.

UVOT data

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Blink images with DSS (link via GSFC)

XRT SPER data

SPER results page for this trigger.

There are 9 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

- Object 1 - enhanced position.
- RA (J2000) : 07 58 19.45 (-28.2623)
- Dec (J2000): -28 15 44.2 ( -28.26220)
- Error (90%): 2.2
- Counts in Source: 95

See the SPER page for details of how this position was produced.

Known transients within 5′ of the GRB

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Offset (′′)	RA	Dec	Source	Misc
0.0′′	119.58100	-28.26230	GCN #18037	Swift Trigger 649706: a possible GRB or bright Galactic transient
1.6′′	119.58144	-28.26249	GCN #18039	GRB 150720A: Swift-XRT refined Analysis
1.6′′	119.58146	-28.26250	GCN #18040	GRB 150720A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
66.9′′	119.57708	-28.28056	GCN #18038	GRB 150720A: Swift-BAT refined analysis

Catalogue Searches. Searched 3.33′ around XRT position

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SIMBAD

	RA*	Dec*	SIMBAD name		Query

* RA/Dec in equinox J2000

X-ray sources

	RA*	Dec*		Source table²	Observatory	Query

Queried the X-ray MASTER catalogue.

* RA/Dec in equinox J2000

¹Energy band for count-rate is mission specific.

Galaxies

	RA*	Dec*		Catalogue
5.8	119.5811	-28.2607	B1=19.0, B2=20.5, I=18.0, R2=19.1	USNO-B1
33.9	119.5813	-28.2529	B1=17.4, B2=17.9, I=16.0, R1=16.1, R2=16.6	USNO-B1
34.0	119.5713	-28.2582	B2=15.9, I=14.5	USNO-B1
34.6	119.5714	-28.2578	B1=15.4, B2=14.9, I=14.6	USNO-B1
36.4	119.5915	-28.2582	B2=20.8, I=16.3	USNO-B1
38.0	119.5837	-28.2520	B2=20.6, I=17.8, R2=19.5	USNO-B1
38.4	119.5754	-28.2529	B2=20.4, I=18.5, R2=19.2	USNO-B1
41.5	119.5816	-28.2738	B=22.1	SSS
44.7	119.5948	-28.2647	B2=19.6, I=17.8, R2=16.8	USNO-B1
47.5	119.5932	-28.2700	I=17.2, R2=17.9	USNO-B1

Queried APM-N, SDSS, PSCz, SSS, NED, 2MASSX, USNO-B1.

There are 272 galaxies within the position error. The full list is here.

* RA/Dec in equinox J2000

Magnitudes depend on the catalogue. e.g. For Sloan, R is the Sloan r mag, not the Johnson R from APM, for example

Stars

	RA*	Dec*		Catalogue
14.2	119.5853	-28.2612	B1=19.0, B2=18.9, I=16.9, R1=17.1, R2=17.6	USNO-B1
14.2	119.5853	-28.2612	h=15.5, j=15.8, k=15.3	2MASS
22.1	119.5825	-28.2683	B2=19.3, I=17.6, R1=17.8	USNO-B1
22.4	119.5874	-28.2649	h=16.9, j=16.8, k=15.6	2MASS
22.5	119.5874	-28.2649	B2=19.6, I=18.0, R2=19.0	USNO-B1
24.6	119.5774	-28.2684	B1=19.1, B2=19.5, I=18.1, R2=18.4	USNO-B1
24.8	119.5824	-28.2691	B1=19.0, B2=18.2, I=17.2, R1=17.4, R2=17.4	USNO-B1
25.2	119.5883	-28.2595	h=15.6, j=15.9, k=15.1	2MASS
25.4	119.5824	-28.2692	h=15.8, j=16.2, k=15.5	2MASS
25.5	119.5884	-28.2596	I=16.9, R1=17.4	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 678 stars within the position error. The full list is here.

* RA/Dec in equinox J2000

Magnitudes depend on the catalogue. e.g. For Sloan, R is the Sloan r mag, not the Johnson R from APM, for example.